| Show CURE THE REASONS A short time ago a plan to provide ample meat at stable prices for all consumers was presented to congressional leaders it is called the more meat and how to get it with a common sense meat program and it is sponsored by a long list of national and regional organizations which represent farmers ranchers grain producers meat packers and others the people who grow process and sell the nations meat the plan is essentially a simple one it recognizes the plain fact that price control cannot be effective and that it creates inflationary black markets meat shortages and consumer rationing by contrast with this the plan advocates all out production careful use of meat supplies and sound anti inflationary monetary and fiscal policies on the part of the government As a press release states it congress and the federal administration must strike at the causes of inflation and unsound dollars consumers must do their part with thrifty meat buying and use it is good common sense to cure the reasons for inflation the program emphasizes several specific objectives to supply meat at prices in line with production costs to guarantee the present and future meat needs of the country to continue to provide the meat products byproducts by used in manufacturing such vital medicines as insulin and cortisone and to remove the opportunity for chiselers and crooks to take over the meat business as they so largely did in OPA days to accomplish com these ends the sponsoring organizations have been grouped together in task forces with recommendations for concrete action this is the right kind of approach to the problem of inflation i n fla tion it should do a great deal to focus the public mind on the causes of inflation instead of just the symptoms |
